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An armed man was shot dead outside a Florida courthouse in a standoff with police, requiring the
lockdown of nearby schools and the court building, local media reported today.

The gunman was spotted this morning in the street outside the Brevard county courthouse in
Viera on Florida’s Atlantic coast, and gunshots rang out more than two hours later after police
surrounded him, according to News 13 TV station.

Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey told reporters that the man pulled out a firearm but was
contained by deputies before a SWAT team arrived and took over the situation.

Ivey described the man as “agitated,” but he was not immediately identified.